What happensPermalink
Moses takes a census of Israel and finds 603,550 men older than twenty and able to fight.
Why it mattersPermalink
The census proves God has fulfilled His promise to Abraham to multiply his children. This size of army might encourage them to believe God will fulfill His promise to give them Canaan.
Key versePermalink
“Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, by fathers’ houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head.”